Texas polygamist sect is accused of indoctrinating girls — "Girls in the west Texas polygamous sect enter into underage marriages without resistance because they are ruthlessly indoctrinated from birth to believe disobedience will lead to their damnation" How is this different from any other religion? That's a serious question, not snark. The followers of virtually all religions raise their children within their religious framework, and impose the moral and behavioral rules of their faith on their children. Why is this different? If you're going to give social approval to religious upbringing, where does the line fall in picking-and-choosing? From my atheistic point of view, it's all indoctrination, after all.

My grandfather (mother's father) and one uncle were ordained Quaker ministers, though I was raised in the tradition of un-programmed Friends meetings. My father researched and wrote Quaker history and was a auto-didact theologian, so I guess you could say I was raised in a religious family. My indoctrination was to read widely, make my own decisions, and that doubt and questioning were an inherent part of any valid religious experience.

I offer up a quote from Islamic scholar Abdal-Hakim Murad: "True religion invites us to become better people. False religion tells us that this has already occurred."